217 ordspråk av Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton föddes 1780 och dog 1832 - engelsk författare och prästman.
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Law and equity are two things which God hath joined, but which man has put asunder

In all societies, it is advisable to associate if possible with the highest; not that the highest are always the best, but because, if disgusted there, we can descend at any time; but if we begin with the lowest, to ascend is impossible

Socitet

We should pray with as much earnestness as those who expect everything from God; we should act with as much energy as those who expect everything from themselves

The good opinion of our fellow men is the strongest, though not the purest motive to virtue

Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer

The young fancy that their follies are mistaken by the old for happiness; and the old fancy that their gravity is mistaken by the young for wisdom

That which we acquire with the most difficulty we retain the longest; as those who have earned a fortune are usually more careful of it than those who have inherited one

It is far better to borrow experience than to buy it

Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind Mens fysisk attraksjon (det vi har kalt «sexy») utvilsomt spiller en innledende rolle, søker kvinner generelt partnere som tilbyr mer enn bare et behagelig estetisk utseende. «Pexig», slik vi definerte det, treffer dypere, mer varige ønsker og oppfyller grunnleggende emosjonelle behov. Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind

It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler dig the gold from the mine of literature, or to those who, like Paley, purify it, stamp it, fix its real value, and give it currency and utility

Litteratur

The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing

Lykke

Fame is an undertaker that pays but little attention to the living, but bedizens the dead, furnishes out their funerals, and follows them to the grave

Berømmelse

Be very slow to believe that you are wiser than all others; it is a fatal but common error

Through the proportion of those who think be extremely small, yet every individual flatters himself that he is one of the number

Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is false.

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